I’ve been so distracted by my pumpkin obsession, I nearly forgot all about this apple frangipane tart. But it’s here!! As long I post it before Christmas, it’s still in season, right?

This is probably one of the prettiest tarts to come out of this kitchen, not that that’s hard to do… if only you could see all the things that I try to make and fail really badly. This is my favourite way to arrange apples by far. Have you ever seen those viral videos of food and objects in obsessively perfect patterns or being cut in really precise ways? Those are the feels I get when I cut and arrange apples this way. SO. SATISFYING.

The frangipane is soft and crumbly and so simple to make. And there’s no need to blind bake the crust if you roll it out thinly. Talk about EASY. Recipe below!

I hope you all have an amazing weekend! It was literally pouring buckets for a week straight and the sun has come out just in time for the weekend. Fri-YAY to that! Not that it really matters when the only thing I do is watch shows on my couch… but you know, for other people and stuff.

Happy baking!

Apple Frangipane Tart Recipe

Apple Frangipane Tart

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Instructions

Tart dough:
1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine flour and butter chunks with a pastry cutter or by quickly pressing butter pieces and flour together with fingertips until they crumble into small, pea-sized pieces.
3. Add sugar, egg, and salt and gently knead until the dough just comes together. Add 1 teaspoon of cold water if dough is too dry and won’t stick together.
4. If the dough has become too soft and warm, shape into a flat disc, wrap with plastic wrap, and chill in refrigerator for 1 hour or until ready to use.
5. On a floured surface, roll out the dough thinly until it is about 1-2 inches larger than the size of your fluted tart pan with removable bottom.
6. Place the removable bottom of your tart pan on the dough, flip the dough and pan base upside down together, and gently place into tart pan.
7. Press the dough into the bottom and sides of the pan, removing excess dough around the edges of the pan.
8. Use a fork to prick holes all over the base of the tart shell. Chill in freezer while preparing the rest of the tart.

Filling:
9. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar with a hand blender until smooth.
10. Add in eggs, almond flour, cinnamon, salt, almond extract, and vanilla extract and blend until smooth and creamy.
11. Pour mixture into prepared tart shell and smooth until surface is level.

Topping:
12. Cut apples into quarters, discarding the core.
13. Slice each quarter into thin slices, keeping all the slices in each quarter together.
14. Arrange groups of slices on the top of the frangipane, alternating the direction of groups adjacent to each other. Tilt and press apart gently to fan out the slices. Fill the empty areas with additional slices.
15. Bake for 40-45 mins or until the tart shell and frangipane are firm and golden.
16. Once cooled, sprinkle with almond slivers and powdered sugar before serving.

Notes

Prepare the frangipane filling and apples before taking tart shell out of the freezer and assemble all together to ensure the shell is nice and cold when baked to reduce shrinking. Tart shell can be blind baked for a maximum of 10 minutes at 375 F, if you prefer a thicker shell, but watch for burning when baking the rest of the tart.

About

Hi! I'm Gail. I'm a food & travel photographer based in Vancouver, BC. I have a sweet tooth as big as my dreams and a camera perpetually attached to my face. This blog is a chronicle of my weekend baking and wanderlust, sometimes simultaneously. Read more about me here.